Associated Press MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year. “That gets very frustrating.” Then his principal did something nearly unheard
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro’s contested claim of victory in last month’s election not only threw Venezuela into uncertainty but also spread anxiety from neighboring Colombia to faraway Chile as the region braced for a new migration surge. Over the past decade since Maduro became president, the United Nations estimates that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PIERSON, Fla. (AP) — The mom of a teacher murdered during the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida, is finishing another summer of sending kids to camp in her son’s honor. Linda Beigel Schulman runs the Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund. She and her volunteers raised over $300,000 this year to send
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Democratic National Convention approaches, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Democrats have slightly higher trust in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ability to address the issue of climate change than President Joe Biden. The survey found that 85% of Democrats have “a
Continue ReadingBy Daria Tarasova-Markina and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Sumy/Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — As Kyiv’s forces advance farther into Russia following their surprise incursion last week, Ukrainians living near the border are watching with mixed feelings: a sense of justice combined with fear of what could come next. “This is the consequence of (the Russians) coming into our
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to one of its best days of the year Thursday after data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected, with particular credit going to the country’s shoppers. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% for its fourth-best day of the year and its sixth
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department held a series of meetings on Wednesday to gather public feedback on implementing Flock Safety camera system throughout the city. A series of eight meetings were scheduled between Wednesday and Thursday. The first was held at 9 a.m. at Lange Middle School on Wednesday with the final meeting
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Illinois mother gunned down in her home by a sheriff’s deputy wants a nationwide database of officers’ violations and mandatory, comprehensive background checks for law enforcement applicants, the family’s attorneys said Wednesday. Sonya Massey was killed July 6 after two Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies responded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At the end of the 2023 football season, Mizzou fans sold out Faurot Field five-straight times, a feat which had not been accomplished since 1980. Now, two weeks away from a new season, the Tigers are looking to pick up right where they left off. On Wednesday, MU Athletics announced that it
Continue ReadingBy Samra Zulfaqar and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Conflict between elephants and humans is a growing, and potentially deadly, problem in some parts of India. Now, the state of Assam, a northeastern region famous for its rolling tea plantations, has launched a mobile app that alerts villagers of approaching herds in an effort to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of University of Missouri students started moving in on campus ahead of the fall semester on Wednesday, and more are expected to throughout the rest of the week. The move in process was delayed for 90 minutes due to rain in the morning, according to University spokesman Travis Zimpfer. Zimpfer said
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican authorities have arrested five officials from its child welfare agency on charges they were involved in trafficking migrant children for the purpose of adoption. The head of the country’s main investigative agency says the case began in 2022 when the then-president of the child welfare agency reported
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl homered twice on his 29th birthday, Jonathan India also hit two home runs and drove in four runs and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 9-2 victory Wednesday night. Friedl and Barry Larkin — on April 28, 1994 —
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died. She was 94. Rowlands’ death was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for South Sudan says the troubled African country is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December and political players are discussing whether voting should be held this year. Nicholas Haysom told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the political consultations mean the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday was move-in day for students of Lincoln University. Dorms opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday marked the beginning of orientation week for students. Several events are planned, including a “parting ceremony” for parents on Wednesday evening.
Continue ReadingWEST ORANGE, Texas (AP) — Newly available video shows police in southeast Texas making a dramatic water rescue of a woman whose vehicle was almost completely submerged in a pond. Jonquetta Winbush is now recovering after driving off the road while suffering a seizure. West Orange, Texas, Assistant Police Chief Jessie Romero says Winbush’s two
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. The Ivy League school in upper Manhattan was roiled this year by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion, can refer to an embryo or fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The Arizona Supreme Court justices sided with Republican lawmakers, who drafted
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama IVF clinic that kept providing in vitro fertilization treatments even while others suspended them during weeks of uncertainty following a state Supreme Court ruling says it will close January 1 – further narrowing IVF options in a state that already had few providers. “After
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